Experience

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  Corus International

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Director, Innovation and Learning

    • Dec 2019 - Jul 2021
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

    Co-led Corus' private sector engagement and market systems practice area. Leading Corus' membership in the Agribusiness Market Ecosystems Alliance (AMEA) and developed Corus' SME Code of Ethics outlining commitments to farmer wellbeing, fair labor, gender equity, business sustainabili...

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  Lutheran World Relief

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Director, Program Quality and Technical Support

    • Oct 2016 - Dec 2019

    Led the International Programs Department's Program Quality team to ensure a portfolio of up to 125 donor and internally funded projects globally met quality standards across M&E, resilience, gender and youth.Played a lead role in the development and operationalization of LWR’s Rural Economies and Agriculture Livelihoods Strategy focused on the intersection of private sector engagement, market systems, social capital and sustainable environmental resource management. Led the creation of the framework for LWR’s organization-wide digital development ecosystem aimed at bringing together various project, mobile user and public data streams into a unified platform to generate actionable insights for faster, more informed decision-making. Led the introduction of an organization-wide knowledge management and learning initiative based on USAID’s collaborating, learning and adapting approach. Oversaw an ex-post evaluations initiative to help LWR better understand the sustainability and impact of its programming. Led proposals for USAID, foundation donors and LWR internally funded projects. Focused on innovation funding from USAID’s Development Innovations Venture and IDEAL Activity and Global Resilience Partnership’s Innovation Challenge among others.As part of a LWR leadership team, contributed to the merger between LWR and IMA World Health that led to the creation of Corus International. Contributed to unit and team restructuring, strategic branding and marketing processes, organizational effectiveness processes, definition of organizational culture characteristics and updated unit and organizational strategies.

  • Acting Director of Program Quality and Technical Support

    • Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

    Ensured leadership continuity during the director recruitment period.

  • Senior M&E Technical Advisor

    • Nov 2014 - Oct 2016

    Developed and implemented a multi-year organizational M&E strategy that aligned with the Program Quality and Technical Support (PQTS) unit’s strategy and other high-level organizational strategies.Managed a multi-year, $1 million, organizational capacity building grant on improving visibility and thought leadership.Collaboratively developed an approach to operationalize resilience measurement in projects by non-expert staff.Managed the gender integration of LWR’s M&E approach created minimum quality standards and an annual audit process to ensure functional and useful project M&E systems. M&E lead on USAID and foundation proposals.

  • Monitoring and Evaluation Manager

    • Dec 2011 - Oct 2014

    Led the design and development of the LWR's global M&E system (DMEL Framework - https://lwr.org/dmel). Conducted full project lifecycle M&E trainings for LWR staff and local implementing partners in 22 countries throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.Contributed to M&E plans in the technical design of projects in agriculture value chain, resilience, emergency response and disaster risk reduction.

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  Catholic Relief Services

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Program Quality & Grants Management

    • Mar 2011 - May 2011

    Oversaw the initiation of a micro-hydro power project targeting the reconstruction of up to 55 micro-hydro power units. Supported community engagement, work planning, identification of engineering specifications and outreach to equipment suppliers.

  • Emergency Program Manager

    • Sep 2010 - Mar 2011

    Managed a $2 million USAID Food for Peace funded program with team of 28 local staff that included projects in humanitarian food aid distribution for 12,000 beneficiaries, emergency Cash for Work program with 39 projects, and 25 Women’s Enterprise Groups. Ensured compliance with CRS and donor project management, financial, human resource and security policy and procedures.

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  American Red Cross

  • Phuket, Thailand

  • Disaster Preparedness Program Manager

    • May 2009 - Aug 2010
    • Phuket, Thailand

    Managed a $1.3 million disaster preparedness program focusing on community-based disaster risk reduction in 55 communities affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami as well as organizational disaster preparedness capacity strengthening of the Thai Red Cross Society. Managed the strategic partnership ...

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  Peace Corps Thailand

  • Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Community-based Organizational Development Volunteer

    • Jan 2007 - Apr 2009
    • Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Supported the Chaem Luang Sub-district government office and two women’s micro-enterprises to introduce improved SME capacity strengthening efforts. Led the volunteer Community Enterprise Committee that led development and training on SME capacity strengthening. Served on an advisory panel betwee...